Jimmy Carter

1976 United States presidential election

The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. Democrat Jimmy Carter of Georgia defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford from Michigan. Carter's win represented the lone Democratic victory in a presidential election held between 1968 and 1992.

Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

Presidential election results map

1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries

The 1976 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1976 U.S. presidential election. Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the

1976 Democratic National Convention held from July 12 to July 15, 1976, in New York City. This is the earliest Democratic Convention where the nominee is still alive as of 2019.

Jimmy Carter

Jerry Brown

George Wallace

Mo Udall

Henry M. Jackson

Frank Church

Total popular vote in primaries



Jimmy Carter - 6,235,609 (39.19%)
Jerry Brown - 2,449,374 (15.39%)
George Wallace - 1,955,388 (12.29%)
Mo Udall - 1,611,754 (10.13%)
Henry M. Jackson - 1,134,375 (7.13%)
Frank Church - 830,818 (5.22%)

1976 Republican Party presidential primaries

Gerald Ford

Ronald Raegan

Incumbent President Gerald Ford was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1976 Republican National Convention held from August 16 to August 19, 1976, in Kansas City, Missouri. The 1976 election marks the first time that Republican primaries or caucuses were held in every state; the

Democrats had previously done so in 1972. This also marks the last election in which the Republican nominee was undetermined at the start of the party's National Convention. Ford faced a strong challenge from former governor Ronald Reagan of California, and both candidates entered the convention needing to woo the remaining uncommitted delegates to secure the nomination.

Total popular vote in primaries



Gerald Ford – 5,529,899 (53.3%)
Ronald Reagan – 4,760,222 (45.9%)

The 1976 Republican National Convention at Kemper Arena in Kansas City.

Vice Presidential nominee Bob Dole is on the far left, then Nancy Reagan,

Ronald Reagan is at the center shaking hands with President Gerald Ford,

Vice President Nelson Rockefeller is just to the right of Ford,
followed by Susan Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.

Electoral Results